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This summer at the University of Vermont --

Aquatic Botany of the Lake Champlain Basin

BOT 295 / 60109 / 3 Credits
INSTRUCTOR: David Kirschtel (802.656.0429, dkirscht@zoo.uvm.edu)
DAY & TIME: Mon, Wed & Fri, 8 am-4 pm
DATES:      Jul 6-Jul 17
LOCATION:   131 Marsh Life Science
LAB FEE:    $25
ENROLL BY:  June 22

Regional biodiversity of the algae and aquatic plants is
introduced through daily field trips, visiting a variety of
aquatic habitats in Vermont and the Adirondacks. Emphasis is
placed on the role of physiography and other environmental
factors in regulating the distribution and abundance of these
organisms. Please Note: An overnight field trip (July 10 - 11)
to explore the unique aquatic habitats of the Adirondacks is
planned. Prerequisites: BIOL 1 and 2 or BOT 4 or instructor
permission. Enrollment Limit: 15.

The course is intended for upper-level undergraduates, graduates
and biology teachers. Prerequesites are an introductory level
biology course or instructor permission.

Following an initial meeting on campus, the course will be based at
the Champlain Basin Science Center, in the heart of Burlington's
vibrant waterfront.

One of the largest natural lakes in the United States (but apparently,
for some, not quite large enough to be a 'Great Lake'), Lake Champlain
is framed by the Green Mountains of Vermont and New York's Adirondack
Mountains. Initially formed about 200 million years ago, in association
with the continental rifting and futher shaped by glaciers 60,000 to
70,000 years ago, the lake now stretches some 120 miles from White Hall,
New York to it's outlet at the Richelieu River in Quebec.

The Lake Champlain Basin, including the shorelines of the lake and
associated wetlands, river shores, cliffs and bluffs, supports a
diverse array of natural plant communities and many rare plant species.
Cobble shores, sand beaches and dunes, low- and high-gradient rivers,
emergent marshes, bogs and fens, floodplain forests, maple-ash swamps,
hardwood-cedar swamps, pine-oak-heath sandplain forests, oak-hickory
forests, calcareous cliffs, alpine tundra, and cedar-pine lake bluffs
are some important natural communities found in the watershed. The
mineral-rich bedrock and soils of this region support natural
communities high in plant diversity, including several plant species
rarely encountered outside the area.

See also:
http://mole.uvm.edu/Vermont/GreenMount/
http://mole.uvm.edu/skivt-l/Adirondaks/
http://www.anr.state.vt.us/champ/welcome.htm

For more information on the course see:
    http://uvmce.uvm.edu:443/Sum98/toc.htm

or contact:

University of Vermont,
Division of Continuing Education
30 South Park Drive
Colchester, VT 05446-2501
1-800-639-3188 or 802-656-2088
mbaggs@zoo.uvm.edu

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This course is part of the University of Vermont's Lake
Champlain Summer Institute. Other courses available in this
program are:

NR 185 - The Ecology of Vermont Wetlands - Peter Williams &
     Russell Agne (cross listed: EDSS 200)
NR 255 - Field Methods in Water Resources - Alan MacIntosh
NR 285 - Ecology of a Large Lake - Mary Watzin

The webpage for last years program can be found at:
   http://uvmce.uvm.edu:443/lci/lci.htm


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David Kirschtel               |
Dept. of Botany & Ag. Biochem.|    Nature didn't know we were coming
Marsh Life Sci Bldg           |    and, quite frankly, doesn't give
Univ. of Vermont              |         a damn that we're here.
Burlington, VT 05405-0086     |
tel:  802.656.0429            |      - Stephen J. Gould,
email: dkirscht@zoo.uvm.edu   |        Darwin's Revolution in Thought:
http://www.uvm.edu/~dkirscht  |        an an illustrated lecture